by Fernando Aramburu · labutxaca · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788417423230
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«Pàtria» is the contemporary novel by Fernando Aramburu, published by labutxaca in paperback (648 pages, in Catalan).
After ETA's announcement to abandon arms, Bittori returns to the village to visit the grave of her husband, murdered by the terrorists. Her arrival disturbs the apparent calm and reopens the relationship with Miren, a former friend and mother of an ETA prisoner. The novel deals with wounds, memory and forgiveness in a community marked by fanaticism.
Catalan edition translated by Núria Parés Sellarès; the original Spanish, Patria, was published in 2016.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in stories about memory, guilt and reconciliation in the Basque Country.
Basque novelist based in Germany, author of Homeland, a major literary phenomenon about ETA terrorism and Basque society.
